Scapolite (Marialite-Meionite) from south of Gooderham, Ontario, Canada

DESCRIPTION:

No. 72648

Mineral:

Scapolite (Marialite-Meionite)

Locality:

south of Gooderham, Ontario, Canada

Description:

Lustrous translucent purple-gray sub-parallel scapolite crystals with no matrix. The scapolite crystals are prismatic form with four-faced asymmetric pyramidal terminations. Scapolite is a series composed of the mineral species marialite and meionite. Collected ca. 1970

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